At this point, the 2013 Sprint Cup finale at Homestead-Miami is expected to serve as an entertaining victory lap for Jimmie Johnson. Barring a huge stroke of bad luck, Johnson will wrap up his sixth individual title on Sunday in the Ford EcoBoost 400.

Technically, Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick still have a mathematical chance to overtake him in the final event of the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, but even they have conceded it will be tough to keep Johnson from hoisting the 2013 championship.

Here's a look at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings heading into the final race of the year.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings

Rank

Driver

Car

Points

Behind

1

Jimmie Johnson

48

2384

-

2

Matt Kenseth

20

2356

28

3

Kevin Harvick

29

2350

34

4

Kyle Busch

18

2327

57

5

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

88

2321

63

6

Jeff Gordon

24

2304

80

7

Greg Biffle

16

2301

83

8

Clint Bowyer

15

2297

87

9

Joey Logano

22

2287

97

10

Kurt Busch

78

2285

99

11

Ryan Newman

39

2259

125

12

Kasey Kahne

5

2252

132

13

Carl Edwards

99

2250

134

NASCAR.com

Jimmie Johnson

According to Lars Anderson of Sports Illustrated, a 23rd-place finish or better would wrap up the title for JJ, no matter what Kenseth does. That's not to say it can't happen, with Johnson finishing worse than 23rd on five different occasions this year.

But he is expected to race conservatively on Sunday to keep his No. 48 in good shape and will likely get some help from his teammates at Hendrick Motorsports along the way.

If Johnson is to lock up the Sprint Cup, he would enter elite company, with Richard Petty (seven) and Dale Earnhardt (seven) as the only drivers in NASCAR history to win at least six championships. Petty recently told David Caraviello of NASCAR.com that Johnson has the ability to win eight to 10 titles when it's all said and done.

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With all of his titles coming since 2006, Johnson will throw his name into the hat for greatest athlete of the past decade. That is, if you consider him an athlete.

Ex-NFL quarterback and current Fox Sports 1 commentator Donovan McNabb recently stoked up the age-old debate of whether or not NASCAR drivers are athletes, and Johnson took to Twitter to voice his opinion: